Piyush Goyal: Electricity Amendment Bill could be made optional if there is no consensus

NEW DELHI: Piyush ​Goyal while addressing an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party on completion of its two years at the Centre said, "If there is no consensus on the issue (Electricity Amendment Bill) then I would make it optional, so that the states which want to do it, should go ahead with it." The bill seeks to separate content and carriage business in the power sector, thus enabling consumers to choose service providers. The minister said: "In order to promote competition in power sector, we have introduced Electricity Amendment Bill, so that we can choose our service provider like we do for telecom services. But power sector employees and some states are opposing it. All BJP ruled states support this bill."

He further said the Parliamentary Standing Committee mainly consisting of Communists and Congress party leaders also have reservations on it.